JPH01290016A - Data input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the operation for input of data by using an input data display means, a 1st memory means which stores the data displayed on a display means, a 2nd memory means which stores temporarily the displayed data, and a means which displays the data stored in the 2nd memory means on the display means. CONSTITUTION:The data stored in an input contents temporary storing memory 7 and to be transferred to an input contents memory 8 with operation of a preceding key F10 are transferred from the memory 8 with operation of an end key F6 or a next data key F11. In other words, said data are equal to those that are supplied recently and stored in an address book data memory 6. Thus it is not required to perform the duplicated input of data on the common items such as a company name and its address, etc., in case continuously inputting for plural persons belonging to the same company. As a result, the input operating efficiency is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a data input method, and particularly to a simplified data input method in an address book management system or the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, systems equipped with data management functions such as address book management functions have been widely used. For example, in an address book system used for business, -Oita data is (1
) Name, (2) Company name, (3) Department.

(4) Job title, (5) company address, (6) telephone number, etc. must be entered. Input of these data is normally performed by an operator using an input device such as a keyboard to arrange each data in a predetermined layout on a display device such as a CRT. - When inputting Oita data, the input data is stored in a predetermined location in the storage device and 9 screens are cleared when the operator performs an operation to end the input.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In a dual address book management system, for example, data about multiple people belonging to the same company is often entered, but the conventional data input method described above is For the second and subsequent users, the company name, company address, etc. had to be entered again even though they were the same as those entered immediately before.

As described above, with the conventional data input method, data input is extremely troublesome, and there is also a high risk of erroneous input.

In addition, with the recent spread of fax machines, fax numbers are now entered in address books along with telephone numbers, but fax numbers often have the same area code as the telephone number. However, it still had to be done manually, which was still troublesome.

The present invention was made in view of the current situation, and
The purpose is to provide a data input method that eliminates the need to input common data redundantly and can reduce the burden on the operator during input operations.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The data input method of the present invention includes a display means for displaying input data, a first storage means for storing the data displayed on the display means, a first storage means for storing the data displayed on the display means, A second storage means for temporarily storing data.

and means for displaying the data stored in the second storage means on the display means, thereby achieving the above object.

Further, in the data input method of the present invention, a display means 1 for displaying input data determines whether or not a predetermined type of data string is included in a predetermined data item in the data displayed on the display means. means for displaying the data string in another predetermined data item when the data string of the predetermined type is included, and storage means for storing the data displayed on the display means. This achieves the above objectives.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to Examples.

The first embodiment is an address book management system to which the present invention is applied. The system of this embodiment is entirely controlled by a main control section 1, as shown in FIG. The input unit 2 has a keyboard and is used for inputting data. The display section 3 is a section for displaying address book data, etc., and is a CRT.

It is equipped with a display device such as an LCD. The printing section 4 is a section for making a bar F copy of address book data and the like.

The input section 21, display section 3, and printing section 4 are all connected to the main control section 1. Also in main control section 1.

An address book control unit 5 is connected. Address book control unit 5,
Under the control of the main control section 1, display and printing of address book data, input of address book data, etc., which will be described in detail later, are controlled.

In the address book control unit 5, the address book data memory 6, input contents -
Three types of storage devices, a time storage memory 7 and an input content memory 8, are connected.

When the system of this embodiment is started, a part of the address book data stored in the address book data memory 6 is read out by the address book control unit 5 and in the form of a list as shown in FIG. 3a. Is displayed. Press the function key [F7] (input) on the keyboard in the state shown in Figure 3a to enter input mode.

As shown in FIG. 3b, a data input window is opened to become an input screen, and the functions of the function keys change. The operator uses the keyboard of the input unit 2 to input data into each item on the input screen.

The operation of the system of this embodiment in the input mode will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG. When entering the input mode, as described above, the window shown in FIG. 3b is first displayed (step 21), and the system waits for any key to be pressed (step 22). Depending on the type of key pressed, different processing is performed as described below.

(a) When the character input key is pressed, character input processing is performed (step 24), and the input characters are stored in the input content memory 8 (step 25). To display the contents of the manual content memory 8, step 26) returns to step 22.

(b) When the function key [F6] (end) is pressed, the contents of the input content memory 8 are stored in the input content-time storage memory 7 and the address book data memory 6 (steps 28 to 3).
29). Clear input content memory 8 (Step 30)
, exit input mode.

(C) Function key [F11] (Next data)
When is pressed, the contents of the input content memory 8 are stored in the input content-time storage memory 7 and the address book data memory 6 (steps 37 to 3).
38). Next, the input content memory 8 is cleared and the contents of the input content memory 8 are displayed (steps 39-40). In other words, the third screen is in a state where no data is input at all. After the above processing, the process returns to step 22.

(d) When the function key [F10] (same as above) is pressed, it is first determined whether or not there is input data in the manual content memory 8 (step 32), and if there is input data, it is erased. To prevent this from happening.

Step 41) of sounding the warning buzzer and returning to step 22. If there is no input data, it is determined whether or not there is data in the input content-time storage memory 7 (step 33).
, if there is no data, a warning buzzer sounds (step 41), and the process returns to step 22. Input content - If there is data in the time storage memory 7.

Transfer the data to the input content memory 8 (step 3
4). Step 35: Display the contents of the input contents memory 8.
), return to step 22. This process allows the operator to change only the items that need to be changed in the displayed content on the screen when inputting data. Same key [
As mentioned above, the data in the input content memory 7 that is transferred to the input content memory 8 by the operation of [F10] is transferred from the input content memory 8 when the end key [F6] or the next data key [F11] is operated. It was transferred.

That is, it is data that has been input recently and stored in the address book data memory 6. Therefore, for example, when inputting information about a plurality of people belonging to the same company in succession, it is no longer necessary to input data on common items such as company name and address twice, improving the efficiency of the input operation.

Normally, input operations in input mode are performed in the following steps. First, enter data about the person. If the amount of data to be input is one large amount, press the end key to end the input mode. When inputting data for two people's income, press the next data key to continue inputting. If you want to use the previous data for one person when inputting data for the second and subsequent people, press the previous key to display the previous data for one person before inputting that data, and then change the displayed data. When all data input is completed in this way, press the end key.

Among other functions included in the system of this embodiment, the search function will be explained. Search here means selecting data of a person who satisfies the search conditions given by the operator from the address book data. The search is performed according to the procedure shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4a and 4b. Here, let A be the data group to be searched. In the initial state, all data belong to data group A. ``First, search conditions are input (step 42). A search routine is started (step 43). The process in the search routine is
This is shown in the flowchart in Figure b. It is determined whether one piece of data belonging to data group A satisfies the search condition (step 46).

Data satisfying the search conditions is left as a search result (step 47). The above processing is performed on the data in data group A until the processing on all data in data group A is completed. When the processing in the search routine is completed, the operator is asked to instruct whether or not to end the search. If the data has not been narrowed down sufficiently, the operator can instruct the search to continue. In this case, only the search results obtained in the search routine are set as data group A, which is a new search target, and the process returns to step 45) and step 42. Additional search conditions are entered here to narrow down the data. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is possible to perform a search step by step under conditions such as "rp and Q and R", which is very convenient.

Conventionally, in the next search after a -degree search, all data is searched again, so it is not possible to perform a one-step search.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the second embodiment. This embodiment is also an address book management system. As in the first embodiment, the main control section 51 includes an input section 521, a display section 53, and a printing section 54.
and address book control section 55 are connected. Two address book data memories 56, an address book data buffer 57, and a screen format memory 58 are connected to the address book control section 55. The address book data memory 56 stores all data of the address book. Screen format memory 5
8 stores formats 1 to 8 for screen display.

When inputting address book data, a manual screen as shown in FIG. 6a is displayed on the third display section 53. The operator uses the keyboard of the input unit 52 to input data into each item on this input screen. Items that require data entry include phone number and FA
In this example, when entering these numbers including the area code, if the area code of the FAX number is the same as the area code of the telephone number, the FAX number is There is no need to enter the area code of the number.

FIG. 6b shows the input screen in a state where the input to the telephone number has been completed. The cursor is displayed immediately after the manually entered phone number. A hyphen (-) is used as a delimiter at the boundary between the area code and local code of a telephone number. When a telephone number is input, the system of this embodiment performs processing not shown in flowchart 1 of FIG. When a telephone number is entered in step 71, it is determined whether the entered telephone number includes a hyphen (step 72). If a hyphen is included, check whether the input phone number includes an area code (step 73).
. The presence or absence of an area code is determined by a method such as searching for a string of numbers up to the first hyphen of the input telephone number that starts with 0. If there is an area code, the area code is stored in the address book data buffer 57 (step 74). If the input telephone number does not include a hyphen or if it is determined that there is no area code even if it includes a hyphen, the address book data buffer 57 is cleared (step 75).

When the cursor is moved from the telephone number item to the fax number item, the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is performed. If it is determined in step 81 that the cursor has been moved from the telephone number item to the fax number item, it is determined whether the address book data buffer 57 has been cleared (step 82).

If the address book data buffer 57 has been cleared, the cursor is displayed at the beginning of the FAX number item, assuming that the FAX number will be fully input (step 86).

If the address book data buffer 57 has not been cleared, the contents of the address book data buffer 57 are displayed as the FAX area code at the beginning of the FAX number item, and a cursor is displayed after it (steps 83 to 84). . With this process, if the fax area code is the same as the telephone area code,
This saves you the trouble of entering the area code twice.

When the cursor is moved from the FAX number item to the postal code item, as shown in flowchart 1 in Figure 9, it is determined whether the data in the FAX number item is only the area code ( Step 92). F for area code only
It is assumed that the AX number has not been input, and the display of the fax number item is deleted (step 93). Therefore, if the operator does not want to input a FAX number, he can move the cursor to the postal code item without inputting anything when the cursor is moved to the FAX number item.

In addition, although only an address book management system was taken up in the above embodiment, the present invention can be widely applied to other types of data management systems.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, there is provided a data input method in which there is no need to input common data redundantly, the input operation is simplified, and the burden on the operator is reduced.

With the data input method of the present invention, it is only necessary to input two common data once, so the risk of input errors is also reduced.

4. -Na ゛H in the diagram FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flowchart showing the operation in the input mode of the embodiment, Figures 3a and 3b are diagrams showing examples of display screens in the embodiment, and Figures 4a and 4b are the search operations in the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6a is a flowchart shown in FIG.
FIGS. 6b and 6C are diagrams showing examples of input screens in the second embodiment, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are flowcharts 1 and 9 showing main parts of operations during data input in the second embodiment. It is.

1.51... Main control section, 2.52... Input section, 3.
53...Display section, 4.54...Printing section, 5.55.
... Address book control unit.

6.56... Address book data memory, 7... Input content-time memory, 8... Input content memory, 57...
Address book data buffer, 58... image format memory.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying input data, first storage means for storing the data displayed on the display means, second storage means for temporarily storing the displayed data. A data input method comprising: storage means; and means for displaying data stored in the second storage means on the display means. 2. Display means for displaying input data; means for determining whether a predetermined type of data string is included in a predetermined data item in the data displayed on the display means; A data input method comprising means for displaying a data string among other predetermined data items when the data string is included, and storage means for storing the data displayed on the display means.